Over 1/2 Billion gallons of Groundwater per Year granted to Google to Cool Computer Servers; McQueen Branch/Middendorf Aquifer – South Carolina Lowcountry, USA

Google gets approval to triple its use of groundwater from Lowcountry Aquifer  (Kaitlin STANSELL, WCSC Channel 5 News; October 11, 2019)

https://www.live5news.com/2019/10/11/google-gets-approval-triple-its-use-groundwater-lowcountry-aquifer/

Google gets OK to siphon Water for S. C. plant.  But will that deplete drinking water?  (Sammy FRETWELL, The State; October 9, 2019)

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article235973882.html

Google’s controversial groundwater withdrawal sparks question of who owns South Carolina water (Bo PETERSEN, The Post and Courier; April 22, 2017)

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/google-s-controversial-groundwater-withdrawal-sparks-questgoon-of-who-owns/article_bed9179c-1baa-11e7-983e-03d6b33a01e7.html

Map of the South Carolina Lowcountry

By Spyder_Monkey – Based on File:Map of South Carolina highlighting Charleston County.svg by David Benbennick., Public Domain, Link

Documentation:

South Carolina Groundwater Fact Sheet  (Google; February 2019)

https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//about/datacenters/files/s-c-groundwater-fact-sheet-feb-2019.pdf

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Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Pumping Scenarios for 1900-2050 near Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (FINE et al., 2017)

https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2017/5128/sir20175128.pdf

Update of State Water Plan – Groundwater Availability Assessment Stakeholders Meeting (GELLICI, 2017)

https://www.clemson.edu/public/water-assessment/downloads/2016-2017/Stakeholder%20Meeting%20North%20Charlestonpart4.pdf

Trident Capacity Use Area Groundwater Evaluation (BEREZOWSKA, 2017)

https://www.scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/08212018_Trident%20Groundwater%20Review%20Technical%20Document.pdf

A Preliminary Assessment of the Groundwater Conditions [South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR); May 2017]

https://www.scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/CR-012038.pdf

Potentiometric Surface of Middendorf Aquifer in South Carolina – November 2009 (HOCKENSMITH, 2012)

https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/bitstream/handle/10827/11307/DNR_Potentiometric_Surface_of_the_Middendorf_Aquifer_2012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y